Chapter Eighteen Flashcards
Who out of the Joad family is not coping well with travelling?
Granma - when setting up camp by the river she rests but babbles incoherently and appears to be getting ill.
What evidence is brought to the Joads in Chapter Eighteen that tells them they are not leaving the abusive behaviour in Oklahoma?
Pa and Tom meet a boy and his Father returning from California as there was no work. Tells them arable land lies empty yet you will be punished for cultivating it.
Migrants are also called ‘Okies’ by resentful locals.
How is Noah shown to not carry the same care for familial bonds?
Tells Tom he is entranced by water of Colorado river and plans to live off fish he catches.
Tom tries to stop Noah but watches him as he walks further off.
How is Ma’s reluctance to adhere to organised religion shown?
Granma yells out for Granpa Joad whilst Rose of Sharon looks after her. Ma explains life and death are part of larger process.
Refuses final prayers from Jehovah’s Witness woman.
When do the Joads first experience the police?
Police man looks into tent, calls them Okies and tells them they cannot stay.
Why do the Wilson’s not continue with the Joad’s?
Sairy’s health is deteriorating - Casy gives silent prayer for them as they ask.
What do the Joad’s try to cross in one night?
The desert despite being warned in their jalopy it would be risky.
Who lets the Joad’s through and why?
Agricultural checkpoint guards - sees the state of Granma and senses their determinism to get across.
What does Ma reveal once they have reached California?
That Granma has been dead since before the checkpoint.
How are the different characteristics of Uncle John and Casy shown through the death of Granma?
Uncle John is worried about Ma sinning as she had lied.
Casy appreciates Ma’s altruism.
